The NCAA on Thursday released an ugly academic number for the UConn men's basketball program. Fortunately for the Huskies, this number doesn't come with a penalty.

UConn's Graduation Success Rate for players who entered school between 2003 and 2006 was 8 percent, well shy of the 74 percent national average in the sport and better only than Centenary College, which came in at 0 percent. A dozen players entered the program during that period and only one of them graduated.

The Huskies were stung last year for consistently low Academic Progress Rate scores. Among the penalties was a postseason ban. The only penalty this year is a bit of embarrassment born of players who, had they graduated, have been gone for a long time.

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